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India, China should cast off shadow of history, move forward: Dai BEIJING India and China have been friends for 99.9 per cent of the time in over 2,000 years of exchanges between them, Beijing’s chief negotiator in boundary talks Dai Bingguo says, underlining that the two sides should “cast...

Beijing: China has invited India’s “missile man” and former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to teach at the prestigious Peking University here, offering him a lab of his choice to work with the students. On his first-ever visit to China at the invitation of the reputed Beijing Forum, a Chinese...

KOLKATA, NOV 25: In an effort to resolve a long-standing payment crisis, the Reserve Bank of India has given permission to the Central Bank of Iran to open rupee accounts with two Indian banks — UCO and IDBI. “Permission from the RBI has very recently come to open rupee accounts with two...

India’s IDBI Bank Ltd. (IDBI) says it cut a percentage point off its dollar funding costs by going to Hong Kong’s Dim Sum bond market, where appetite for a strengthening Chinese yuan is offsetting concern over emerging-market risk. IDBI Bank sold 650 million yuan ($102 million) of three- year...

The Iranian nuclear programme is once again hitting the headlines and the spectre of military conflict in West Asia looms large over the horizon. Citing 'credible' intelligence in its latest report to the United Nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed "serious concerns"...

Overcoming the adversarial mindset on the other side of the "wall" is never easy. It not only takes time, it often involves a leap of faith. The Jackson-Vanik Amendment of 1974 lives on eternally despite the "non-existence" of the USSR and its restrictions on Jewish emigration; its repeal is...

Admiral Gorshkov is known as the name of the aircraft carrier that India is acquiring from Russia. But the legendary Admiral on whom the ship is named, was responsible for transforming the Soviet Navy from a coastal defence force into the world’s second-largest Navy, and a formidable power to...

Tehran, Nov 6 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that cooperation between India and Iran on regional issues can help peace and stability in the region, Mehr news agency reported Sunday. Ahmadinejad made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Lok Sabha Speaker Meira...

HYDERABAD: Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Hyderabad, has come out with the production of Imaging Infra Red (IIR) Seekers, the technology of which was developed by DRDO for the 3rd generation 'NAG' anti-tank guided missile. The 'Seeker' is a very sophisticated system for the missile guidance...

WASHINGTON: As the United States begins to draw down from Afghanistan, it expects both India and China to play constructive roles in the region, according to a senior administration official. "obviously both countries recognize the enormous interest that they have in stability in the region...

NEW DELHI: A unique alliance of countries, India, China, Brazil, the US, UAE, Indonesia and South Korea, has come about against the proposal by the European Union to impose internationally binding targets to reduce emissions for developed and developing countries under a new treaty by 2015...

NEW DELHI: There are more evidence of New Delhi's attempts to engage Tehran as Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will travel to Iran on a five-day visit in the first week of November. Emphasizing on the need for better relations between the two countries, Kumar told her Iranian counterpart Ali...

Bilateral issues and the political volatility in west Asia and north Africa will be on the agenda of a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on September 23. India considers Iran as a stabilising force...

By Hazel R. O'Leary and Daryl G. Kimball September 14, 2011 More than 100 government leaders from around the globe will meet this month at the United Nations to discuss the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, an international accord whose goal is to make the world safer by stemming the spread of...

Hi, Caught pics of the IL and Dhruv flying over HAL. AM not too great at editing pics, but have clicked them using an SLR. Should not pixelate upon cropping. If someone here could do it and repost it would be great. IL Landing sequence

The pressure is mounting on Syrian President Bashar al Assad to put an end to the killings. President Assad remains defiant of calls from the international community, to a certain extent due to the support of countries like Russia, Iran, India, Brazil and South Africa, all of whom are part of...

Arjun Goes Gold September 7, 2011: The Indian Ministry of Defense recently revealed that the new version of its locally built tank, the Arjun Mk 2, would enter service in 2015, and cost $8 million. This would make it the most expensive tank in the world. The improvements over the current Mk 1...

NEW DELHI: Developing an alternative mechanism for trade-related payments in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is gaining currency. Last week, during a meeting of the India-South Africa CEOs' forum that was attended by commerce & industry minister Anand Sharma and his...

MOSCOW — Airlines are a cautious lot, slow to trust a new plane maker with multibillion-dollar orders and passenger lives. It took Embraer, a Brazilian maker of regional jets, two decades to become a major supplier to the industry. So Sukhoi, a Russian company best known for supersonic...

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS) The Indian tsunami early warning centre (ITEWC) will start providing the tsunami warning service bulletins to the Indian Ocean Rim Countries on an operational basis after the Indian Ocean Tsunami drill scheduled for 12 October. India has been providing IOC benchmarked...